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This Day’s Thought-Tuesday

This Day's Thought

Those who accept what they suffer have no suffering of the will, and thus they are in peace.

François Fénelon

This Day's Verse

Praise The LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

Psalm 106:1
The New International Version

This Day's Reprise

Of the seven deadly sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor to the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving back—in many ways it is a feast fit for a king. The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you.

Frederick Buechner

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This Day’s Thought-Monday & Note

Ministry Reminder…

We are pleased to announce two new publications that we hope will be both helpful and enjoyable.

As with all of our resources, these books are available as free PDF downloads on our Books & Resources page. For those who prefer a printed copy, paperback editions may be ordered through Amazon at cost—we add no markup beyond Amazon’s printing charges, plus applicable tax and shipping. Our goal has always been to make these materials as widely available as possible.

NEW! Common Cent$ for Christians
NEW! 5000 Quotations: Collected Over the Past 50 Years

And we also continue to offer our most recent Christian quotation collection, which remains available both as a free PDF download and as a paperback edition. As this volume was published three years ago in celebration of our 25th anniversary, we are already looking ahead to a special 30th anniversary book, which we hope to release in approximately two years.

Favorite Thoughts for Your Christian Walk
2500 Christian Quotations from This Day’s Thought: Celebrating 25 Years

Again, all of these may be accessed, downloaded or ordered on this website page: https://thisdaysthought.org/books-resources/

Thank you for your interest, encouragement, and support of this ministry!

This Day's Thought

God delights in our temptations, and yet hates them; He delights in them when they drive us to prayer; He hates them when they drive us to despair.

Martin Luther

This Day's Verse

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

2 Peter 3:18
The New Revised Standard Version

This Day's Smile

I would not give much for your religion unless it can be seen. Lamps do not talk, but they do shine.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon 

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This Day’s Thought-Friday

This Day's Thought

Just as anyone who climbs a rotten ladder risks his life, so are honors and power a danger for humility.

John Climacus

This Day's Verse

Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

Proverbs 23:23
The English Standard Version

This Day's Smile

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.
Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it.
Bitterness sours life; love sweetens it.
Bitterness sickens life; love heals it.
Bitterness blinds life; love anoints its eyes.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

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This Day’s Thought-Thursday

This Day's Thought

You have been once more warned today, while the door of the ark yet stands open. You have, as it were, once again heard the knocks of the hammer and axe in the building of the ark, to put you in mind that a flood is approaching.

Jonathan Edwards

This Day's Verse

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

Philippians 4:23
The New King James Version

This Day's Reprise

The essential truth is that discernment is a function of a loving, personal relationship to the Lord. It can normally be only as deep and as solid as that relationship itself. The true discerner must be a praying, loving person.

Thomas H. Green

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This Day’s Thought-Wednesday

This Day's Thought

When I find that so much of my life has stolen unprofitably away, why do I yet try to resolve again? I try, because reformation is necessary and despair is criminal. I try, in humble hope of the help of God.

Samuel Johnson

This Day's Verse

The righteous keep moving forward, and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger.

Job 17:9
The New Living Translation

This Day's Smile

O God, make us children of quietness, and heirs of peace.

Clement of Rome

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This Day’s Thought-Tuesday

This Day's Thought

Ask the earth and the sea, the plains and the mountains, the sky and the clouds, the stars and the sun, the fish and the animals, and all of them will say, “We are beautiful because God made us…” This beauty is their testimony to God.

Augustine

This Day's Verse

Hear my prayer, Lord God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob. Look on our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.

Psalm 84:8-9
The New International Version

This Day's Reprise

No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.

G. K. Chesterton

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This Day’s Thought-Ministry Update

This Day's Thought

Common Cent$ for Christians by Greg Potzer    

Ministry Update…

We are pleased to announce two new publications that we hope will be both helpful and enjoyable.

As with all of our resources, these books are available as free PDF downloads on our Books & Resources page. For those who prefer a printed copy, paperback editions may be ordered through Amazon at cost—we add no markup beyond Amazon’s printing charges, plus applicable tax and shipping. Our goal has always been to make these materials as widely available as possible.

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NEW! Common Cent$ for Christians

This booklet is not intended to be a lengthy, comprehensive work on financial strategies, investing, or related topics. Rather, it is a concise, practical guide designed to help you manage your money wisely and become a more faithful steward of the resources God has entrusted to you.

While there is a wealth of information available on subjects such as investing, retirement planning, and estate planning, this booklet focuses on the foundational principles upon which all sound financial decisions rest.

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NEW! 5000 Quotations: Collected Over the Past 50 Years

While our primary focus remains Christian encouragement and discipleship, we are also pleased to make available a collection of quotations gathered over many years on a wide variety of subjects.

Over the past fifty years I have collected thousands of quotations and reflections offering wisdom, insight, and occasional humor on such subjects as art and music, health and fitness, business and enterprise, motivation, etiquette, and many other fascinating facts.

In response to growing interest in this broader collection, I am pleased to make these more general (secular) quotations available. They are presented in no particular order, simply for your reading pleasure, amusement, and, I hope, encouragement.

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We also continue to offer our most recent Christian quotation collection, which remains available both as a free PDF download and as a paperback edition.

As this volume was published three years ago in celebration of our 25th anniversary, we are already looking ahead to a special 30th anniversary book, which we hope to release in approximately two years.

Favorite Thoughts for Your Christian Walk
2500 Christian Quotations from This Day’s Thought: Celebrating 25 Years

Edited by Greg Potzer, Favorite Thoughts for Your Christian Walk is a carefully curated collection featuring 2,500 of the most impactful Christian quotations from more than 10,000 previously shared through This Day’s Thought. This 415-page volume brings together many of the ministry’s most memorable and meaningful insights.

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As always, all of our books—both new and previous publications—may be downloaded free of charge or ordered in paperback form through Amazon at cost, with no ministry markup. To view or download any of these resources, please visit our Books & Resources page:

https://thisdaysthought.org/books-resources/

Thank you for your interest, encouragement, and support of this ministry!

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This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.

John Bunyan

This Day's Verse

And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

Luke 11:1-4
The King James Version

This Day's Smile

Stubbornness should have been my middle name.

Martin Luther

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This Day’s Thought-Friday

This Day's Thought

Man can become part of God’s unity, which is eternal, only by forgetfulness of self.

Nachman of Breslov

This Day's Verse

For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him?

Deuteronomy 4:7
The Revised Standard Version

This Day's Smile

The greater number of men pass through life with souls asleep.

Paul Sabatier

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This Day’s Thought-Thursday

This Day's Thought

The Gospel is open to all; the most respectable sinner has no more claim on it than the worst.

David Martyn Lloyd-Jones

This Day's Verse

God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.

2 Samuel 22:33
The King James Version

This Day's Reprise

I count all that part of my life lost which I spent not in communion with God or in doing good.

John Donne

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